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Post by Illusions on Jan 6, 2010 15:04:16 GMT -5
Congrats Mariah! :)
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Post by r.enato on Jan 6, 2010 15:05:16 GMT -5
Just imagine if that was an Oscar!
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Post by Bojangles on Jan 6, 2010 16:00:09 GMT -5
OOH she was wasted there. This can't be good for the vocals.
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Post by mcbg1 on Jan 6, 2010 17:07:53 GMT -5
OOH she was wasted there. This can't be good for the vocals. That's why she can't sing live anymore lol. Bitch loves her alcohol.
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Jan 6, 2010 17:10:09 GMT -5
OOH she was wasted there. This can't be good for the vocals. That's why she can't sing live anymore lol. b***h loves her alcohol. All H@nds on deck! Don't MAKE me.
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Post by BeyoncéDC on Jan 6, 2010 17:16:11 GMT -5
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JamaicaFunk²
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Jan 6, 2010 17:24:22 GMT -5
So excited about:
Mimi on Yahoo! front page for her "speech." LOL. No such thing as bad press!!! NAACP nomination! Way to go, Mariah! Angels Cry leaking!!!
What a good Mariah day!
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Post by 👑 Eloquent ™ on Jan 6, 2010 17:34:34 GMT -5
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Post by Candy Bling on Jan 6, 2010 17:39:48 GMT -5
OOH she was wasted there. This can't be good for the vocals. That's why she can't sing live anymore lol. b***h loves her alcohol. Stop embarrassing yourself.
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Post by Candy Bling on Jan 6, 2010 17:40:54 GMT -5
Ne-yo did good
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shaq91
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Post by shaq91 on Jan 6, 2010 17:40:59 GMT -5
I love the remix!! I hope it does good!
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Stephen
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Post by Stephen on Jan 6, 2010 17:46:46 GMT -5
...I'm going to ignore the AC remix and hope that everything else is more promising. H.A.T.E.U is that good. AC sucks on it's own. This reminds me of the Yonka Video Phone remix. All Yonka did by adding GaGa was changing it from sucky Yonka song to sucky Yonka song featuring GaGa. This song is the same except that NeYo is featured instead. Oh well. I'm looking forward to the Nicki Minaj remix. That should be hot.
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Post by ₫anny Jerz ♔ on Jan 6, 2010 18:01:40 GMT -5
Blah at the "remix". Love the song but that is not a smart move to get interest renewed in this project.
Good for her on nabbing some NAACP nominations, though. Very cool to see. Who would have ever expected her to be acknowledged for acting?! In a good way. LMAO.
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Stan4Jan
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Post by Stan4Jan on Jan 6, 2010 18:04:45 GMT -5
no way. bitch turned Fierce Yonka song into Sucky Yonka Remix featuring Freaky GaGa
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Jan 6, 2010 18:07:29 GMT -5
...I'm going to ignore the AC remix and hope that everything else is more promising. H.A.T.E.U is that good. AC sucks on it's own. This reminds me of the Yonka Video Phone remix. All Yonka did by adding GaGa was changing it from sucky Yonka song to sucky Yonka song featuring GaGa. This song is the same except that NeYo is featured instead. Oh well. I'm looking forward to the Nicki Minaj remix. That should be hot. Angels Cry is actually one of my favorite Mariah songs. I wish it came before any of those other ballads-with-beat songs she has done in the past because I have seen enough comparisons between them for a lifetime. She sounds even better on this song than on We Belong Together, IMO. My only hope is that the Ne-Yo version puts the spotlight on the song and on the project. Tough to be optimistic these days but I'ma tryin. :)
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Post by elementd5 on Jan 6, 2010 18:08:21 GMT -5
no way. b***h turned Fierce Yonka song into Sucky Yonka Remix featuring Freaky GaGa Exactly.
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Post by Rican@ on Jan 6, 2010 18:11:50 GMT -5
So all Ne-Yo was go in and do a verse? Ne-Yo does put life in the song but damn Mariah should re-record her verses/ad-libs because she sounds lazy compare to Ne-Yo. He makes the song. Those last notes of hers (compare to Ne-Yo) make her sound like a chipmunk on the real note.
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Post by nitro on Jan 6, 2010 18:16:11 GMT -5
I like the remix, but I prefer the Candy Bling remix MUCH more. I actually like the original Angels Cry, but agree that this adds a bit, but not as much. However the original is so great, that if they changed it too much it woudl be lost.
I (and probably most Mariah fans) are probably somewhat biased in that if we already love the original Angels Cry, and that's why we may think this pales. For those who may have never heard the original Angels Cry, this might get their attention more. Overall, not bad. I was just hoping they would have sped it up more, and changed the instrumentation a bit. And yeah, some re-recorded vocals would have been nice, but at least she's giving that for the dance remix of this. Hopefully that will be hawt. Who knows, maybe this isn't even the correct version... someone may have just sang over it and this may not be the official version.
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Post by MuSiCizMyLiFe on Jan 6, 2010 18:44:18 GMT -5
LOOOVE THIS. OMG OMG OMG! BRING ON UOMF REMIX NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Jan 6, 2010 18:58:28 GMT -5
So all Ne-Yo was go in and do a verse? Ne-Yo does put life in the song but damn Mariah should re-record her verses/ad-libs because she sounds lazy compare to Ne-Yo. He makes the song. Those last notes of hers (compare to Ne-Yo) make her sound like a chipmunk on the real note. I don't think she needed to change her part. Especially since hardly anyone has the album. Almost everyone that will hear the song (if it gets some/any radio play) will not know her similar original (slightly better) version. It's only cut/paste to us because we all know the original. As a first time listener, I think it would sound pretty good.
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Post by sdot23 on Jan 6, 2010 19:10:35 GMT -5
I thought Ne-Yo would make me like the song, but I still find it pretty boring. There are so many better songs on the album.
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Post by Illusions on Jan 6, 2010 19:17:06 GMT -5
I thought Ne-Yo would make me like the song, but I still find it pretty boring. There are so many better songs on the album.
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Post by neverduplicated on Jan 6, 2010 19:32:24 GMT -5
I really like the original Angels Cry, and this one is just as good to me. I LOVE Mariah's second verse on the original song, but I think Ne-Yo's part is very good. Their voices work together very well. Even with no new vocals, I wouldn't be able to tell that the song wasn't originally recorded as a duet if I hadn't heard the original already.
Sad that this isn't the smokin' hot jam I had dreamed of, but the song is still quality. I won't make any predictions about how it will fare because I'm totally clueless about whether or not radio will actually play Mariah these days. For those comparing this to ISIL, this song is light years better than ISIL which I never really could get into. For those comparing it to WYC, that song is light years better than AC, but then again that is one of the best songs Mariah has ever recorded (with or without Brian McKnight).
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Post by 👑 Eloquent ™ on Jan 6, 2010 19:39:03 GMT -5
For me, I Stay In Love >>>>>>>>>> Angels Cry.
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Jan 6, 2010 19:44:54 GMT -5
If we are comparing her (similar) ballads over the past five years....
Angels Cry >> Don't Forget About Us > We Belong Together >>>>>>>>> I Stay In Love>>Bye Bye
I've loved Angels Cry from the time I heard the poor quality youtube clip when she sang it in concert.
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Post by 👑 Eloquent ™ on Jan 6, 2010 19:50:37 GMT -5
We Belong Together>>>>>>>>>>Don't Forget About Us>>>>I Stay In Love>>>>Bye Bye>>>>Angels Cry
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Post by neverduplicated on Jan 6, 2010 20:01:34 GMT -5
I see the WBT/ISIL/AC comparison, but I don't really get how DFAU and BB fit in. The first three are similar because they all have the exact same song structure - verse, chorus, verse, chorus, chorus belted an octave higher. DFAU and BB don't fit that structure nor are they melodically that similar.
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Post by Lakers on Jan 6, 2010 20:03:02 GMT -5
i'm super super glad that AC is being released, finally.... would have been great if released much earlier. ah, well, what's done is done.
i really like the AC remixed too, even though still prefer the original
for me, WBT>> Angels Cry>>>>ISIL>>>>>>>Bye Bye>>>>>>>>>>>DFAU
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Post by parko on Jan 6, 2010 20:13:42 GMT -5
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Post by The Northern Star⭐ on Jan 6, 2010 20:14:51 GMT -5
This remix is awesome. Neyo breathes new life into the song as if it needed it. Niiiicce.
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